Frank Hossack

A Dichotomy of Chinese Emotion; Pressure Cooker or Placid Calm?

Whatever you do as a Chinese, keep a poker face (喜怒不形于色). Because it’s not about experiencing emotions. It’s about not expressing them. 作为中国人,无论你做什么,都要保持扑克脸(喜怒不形于色)。 因为这不是关于体验情绪。 这是关于不表达它们。 But in a society which glorifies non-verbal implications, there should be no need to express any...

Little Tibet, Vultures & the Café at the End of the World

It’s pretty difficult to take photos on a train from Nanjing to Lanzhou, largely because the blessed thing spends most of its time in tunnel after tunnel after tunnel. 在從南京到蘭州的火車上拍照相當困難,主要是因為受祝福的東西大部分時間都在一個又一個的隧道中度過。 At least it does on the interesting part of the journey. 至少在旅程中有趣的部分做到了。 Truth...

#MeToo Ming! A Shining Star among Qinhuai’s Debutantes; Ma Xianglan

Ma Shouzhen (馬守真) was the foremost product of the #MeToo movement of the late Ming Dynasty. A courtesan, party animal and a hopeless romantic, she was known as a prolific painter, a benevolent citizen and one of the eight...

Moulded Ice Cream is New Big Thing but first Gimme Some Sunshine

With the cold and rain set to continue for quite some time across much of China, it may not have been the best of conditions for an annual ice cream expo. That was until the star of the show...

Night Economy Now Accounts for 60% of Chinese Consumption

The power of youth is being crediting as adding the fire to the Chinese economy that has propelled the country’s night economy to now be where the majority of consumption takes place. And they are no longer spending it...

Citizen’s Arrest for Security Guard Photographing Women’s Legs

A public-spirited woman in Nanjing has brought to light some of the nefarious acts taking place on a daily basis of which we may be unaware, by calling out a security guard for his taking of multiple photos of...

Taking Shape in Nanjing; World’s Largest Underground Space?

The superlatives just keep on coming. We’re just a few years from Nanjing having a new tallest building, and it’s going to sit on the largest underground space in China. And by extension, there is a good chance that...

Delivery Boxes are Latest Attempt to Locate Missing Children

Had any bulky deliveries recently? If so, and had you purchased from one particular online retailer, then you may well have noticed the latest innovation in attempts to locate missing children in China; printing their essential information on the...

About Me

Editor-in-Chief of The Nanjinger, Frank Hossack, is a multi-award winning Radio/TV host and voice-over artist who has worked in China for the past 32 years. Frank has also written for Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal and The Times, appeared on the BBC and LBC, and been cited by CNN, China Daily and the New York Times, among many others.
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